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3 Reasons Why You Need a Bullseye for Your Vacuum Oven

3 Reasons Why You Need a Bullseye Gauge for Your Vacuum Oven The gauges that are often built into many of the vacuum ovens on the market are, in fact, not the best gauges for vacuum drying or extraction. These small, circular gauges are “inches of mercury” gauges. In this video and blog, we overview the 3 reasons why you should add a DigiVac Bullseye Gauge, to your vacuum oven set-up. The Bullseye Precision Gauge is a digital vacuum gauge has become the trusted standard for SPD processing, but lets explore why you should use it on your vacuum oven

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Importance of Vacuum Control for Vacuum Ovens

Importance of Vacuum Control for Vacuum Ovens Benefits of Vacuum Controllers for Vacuum Drying Processes Benefits of Vacuum Control on Vacuum Ovens: Vacuum ovens, in general, offer a more gentle way to dry things. Adding vacuum control (or vacuum oven controllers) builds on these vacuum drying advantages. Vacuum control for a vacuum ovens is important because it: Provides precise control to the drying process, enabling a more repeatable drying process and result Slows down the initial pumpdown of a vacuum drying process, which helps to do two things: Ensure that lighter materials are not sucked into the vacuum pump Ensure

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2020 Innovations in Vacuum Measurement and Control

2020 Innovations in Vacuum Measurement and Control Read about DigiVac’s year end highlights in this blog and share some holiday cheer! Greetings from DigiVac! This has been a unique year for everyone, and an especially challenging one for many. In the holiday spirit, DigiVac would love to shed some light and positivity by sharing our most cheerful memories of the year. DigiVac spent the year cooking up some exciting innovations to help make Vacuum Measurement and Control easier. By eliminating typical bottlenecks, our solutions have helped make our customers lives a bit less difficult. Here are a few 2020 highlights: Supported

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DigiVac Case Study: Automatic Pump Down Control

DigiVac Case Study: Automatic Vacuum Pump Down Control System Featuring the DigiVac StrataVac Touch vacuum controller and Agilent IDP-10 vacuum pump “A large research laboratory reached out to DigiVac to help them automate their Vacuum Stations. They wanted to move from their current process that included manually-actuated electronic valves to an automated vacuum control system.” READ THE FULL CASE STUDY: You can access and continue reading the full case study by clicking here. WATCH OUR VIDEOS: You can watch several videos describing the new configuration by clicking any of the hyperlinks below. Overview of Our Pump Down Solution StrataVac Touch

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Why do I care about slew rate?

Why do I care about slew rate? In a critical process it may be necessary to slowly bring the vacuum level up or down at a specified rate so as to not disturb process material. This can be referred to as the slew rate, or ramp rate, of the vacuum level. A new feature for the Stratavac Touch is the ability to set a slew rate along with a setpoint for a valve and the controller handles the details.  In Vacuum, what we mean by slew rate is a specific or defined change in pressure over a defined timeframe. Some people

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How to Set up Wifi for the StrataVac 2018

How to Set up Wifi for the StrataVac 2018 The new StrataVac 2018 comes in multiple configurations, one being the wifi option. If you chose to get your StrataVac with a wifi card for easy online connectivity and monitoring, your first step will be setting up the SSID with your network. How exactly do you set up the StrataVac wifi? 1. Locate the gauge’s SSID and password on the bottom of the instrument 2. Connect to the network provided and visit http://192.168.4.1 3. In the menu options (three horizontal lines) go to gauge>customer 4. Set customer and gauge IDs for

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How to get your VPC Up and Running

How to get your VPC Up and Running Hooking up Digivac VPC DigiVac has expanded their product line to include controllers specifically geared to the Botanical Industry and those trying to extract material from plants. With this expanding industry there is a need and an opportunity to make certain parts of the extraction process easier. Have you ever looked at vacuum equipment and thought to yourself “Where do I begin?’ “How do I hook this thing up?” Well, we have developed a controller that won’t have you asking those questions. DigiVac’s Vapor Pressure Controller (VPC) is a simple and reliable

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Take Control of Your Process with DigiVac’s New Vapor Pressure Controller

Take Control of Your Process with DigiVac’s New Vapor Pressure Controller The Vapor Pressure Controller is DigiVac’s newest product release. This instrument has the ability to help those working in the botanical market easily process plant material through automated distillations. It both measures and maintains the pressure within rotovaps, or any type of vacuum system, following the profile created on the Vapor Pressure Profile Manager – a free, downloadable software that comes with the purchase of a VPC. Easy to use and operate, the VPC has just four ports/plug ins on the back of the unit: USB communication Power jack ¼”

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Accessing Vacuumnetwork.org for the First Time

Accessing Vacuumnetwork.org for the First Time Many of our customers have shown an interest in using vacuumnetwork.org, and we’d like to make it easier for you to connect for the first time. Below are step-by-step instructions on how to connect your gauge and app to vacuumnetwork.org. Turn on your Bullseye Precision Gauge with Bluetooth Open Vacuum Gauge 2.0 on your smartphone or tablet Sync the app with the gauge, ensuring that the gauge you need is the one the app is reading Click on the menu drop down in the upper right hand corner of the screen Scroll down and

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Vacuum Gauge 2.0: A Recap

Vacuum Gauge 2.0: A Recap As many of you know, the newest version of the Vacuum Gauge app, Vacuum Gauge 2.0, is now available in the Google Play store. There are many similarities to the original, 1.0, app, but this version gives the user even more functionality and usability. With this release the user can expand their circle of communication and bring the entire team of engineers, technicians, and researchers together, even if they are miles apart. In effect, the new and/or upgraded features of Vacuum Gauge 2.0 makes the jobs of everyone involved in the vacuum process easier! So

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